March 21-22, 2002

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114-1001-R0302†††††††††††† Authorization
to Confer the Title of Professor Emeritus upon David H.
Jackson, Professor of Forestry, School of Forestry; The University of
Montana-Missoula

THAT:††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Upon the
occasion of the retirement of Professor David H. Jackson from the faculty of
the School of Forestry of The University of Montana, the faculty wishes to
express its appreciation for his years of dedicated and valued service to the
School of Forestry, The University of Montana, and the State of Montana by
recommending conferral of the rank of Professor Emeritus by the Board of
Regents of the Montana University System.

EXPLANATION:†††††††††††††††††††† David
Jackson earned his baccalaureate degree in 1962 from Ohio University, his
Master of Science degree from the University of Oregon in 1971, and a Master of
Arts degree from the University of Washington in 1972.† He then received a Dissertation Fellowship
with Resources for the Future in 1973-1974.†
In addition, he received his Ph.D. in Forest Resources at the University
of Washington in 1975.† Professor
Jackson also received a Charles R. Bullard Fellowship at Harvard University in
1986-1987.† Professor Jackson has served
as a Visiting Professor at the United Nations-Food and Agriculture
Organization, the Finnish Forest Research Institute, the European Forest
Institute, and a Guest Visiting Professor of the Peoplesí Republic of
China.† He belongs to the Society of
American Foresters, Xi Sigma Pi Forestry Honorary Society, and Sigma Xi
Scientific Honorary Society.

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† Professor
Jackson began his employment at The University of Montana in 1976 as an
Assistant Professor with the School of Forestry.† From 1980 to 1985, he earned promotions to Associate Professor
and Professor.† He has always enjoyed
high student remarks on his courses and his caring attitude.† He has an outstanding publication record of
over 50 papers, books and book chapters, journal articles, and Congressional
testimonies.

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† In
addition to his duties and responsibilities at the School of Forestry,
Professor Jackson has served as economics/policy consultant for various
agencies, governmental agencies, and has testified in district, superior, and
federal courts as an expert witness or economist on numerous occasions.† He has also served as Vice President of the
University Teachersí Union, as faculty representative to the Missoula Trades
and Labor Council, and as Council Designee to the Missoula Economic Development
Corporation.

†††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††††† With
this recommendation goes sincere thanks for over 25 years of invaluable service
to the School of Forestry, The University of Montana, and the State of
Montana.† The School of Forestry proudly
recommends Professor David H. Jackson for Emeritus status.